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Im looking to install ubuntu on my laptop, problem is that I damaged the headphone socket and it thinks there is always headphones plugged in. I know in windows I can force audio to play from both the speakers and the headphones at the same time.

Is this possible in ubuntu/linux ?

Thanks!

Daniel Flannery
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Install pavucontrol from the following link.

Now open the app using the follwing cmd in terminal :

pavucontrol

Now in the Playback tab, change the output to speakers--->

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araghuteja
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  • And after a reboot? – A.B. Aug 23 '15 at 18:06
  • I'll check.. we can make a script if necessary, right ? – araghuteja Aug 23 '15 at 18:08
  • It didn't change and looking for an insight for scripting I found this. It's not necessary but maybe helpful for switching using terminal... – araghuteja Aug 23 '15 at 18:23
  • Hi araghuteja, Thanks for your reply. I asked this over a year ago and have yet to find a solution. Will your suggestion output audio from both the headphone jack and the speakers at the same time? – Daniel Flannery Aug 24 '15 at 08:28
  • Yes, output comes from both. But you'll have to do something more- Open AlsaMixer with the following cmd: alsamixer.

    Use right arrow key to move to speakers and increase its level to maximum. Set Auto-Mute to disabled. Now, open pavucontrol and go to Output Devices --> change the Port to Speakers (unavailable). Now the volume comes from both speakers and headphones together... I'll give a screen-shot if necessary.

     – araghuteja Aug 24 '15 at 09:31
  • @L337BEAN Did you test my answer ? – araghuteja Aug 25 '15 at 18:35
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My Solution (not recommended)

Step 1: remove completely PulseAudio by sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio

Step 2: Install AlsaMixer by sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

Step 2: Config with AlsaMixer by run alsamixer. Press left/right arrow to choose device, change volume, disabled auto-mute,... press [ESC] to quit.

RISK

You will lost some utility provides by PulseAudio, example: disappear Volume Tray, lost Hotkey Fn+(volume) on keyboard,...

NO-TESTED

Just remove PulseAudio, not completely remove: sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio, maybe help keep sound utility, hotkey... I read somewhere, PulseAudio output sound quality better and smaller latency than default audio server...

RECOVERY

If you want sound system goes back. Open Ubuntu Software Center, click on History to see what are package removes before? Open Sysnaptic Package Manager, search there packages then Install them.

Davuz
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My workaround was simply to select the device manually:

  1. Open Sound settings (you can get there from the volume control widget or System Settings)
  2. Under the default Output tab, under Device, click "Analog Output Built-in Audio"

Yes, you'll need to manually set the device you want to use each time, but for me two seconds doing that is better than another several days of searching and at best, it seems, setting output permanently (changing only with a reboot). I've not seen any fix for the root problem of flaky jack detection. I described the symptoms in my case in greater detail here.

mlncn
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